Chords for Rock and Roll Band by Boston...with Lyrics.
Tempo:
136.6 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
B
F#
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B]
[E] [B]
[Em] [B]
I'm [A]
[B]
[E] just another man out [A] of Boston, [E] on the road to [G#] try to [A] make ends meet.
[B] [E] Playing all the [A] bars, sleeping in our [G#m] cars, when we practiced right out [Am] in the [C#] street.
[D] [G#m] Oh, we didn't [A] have much money,
[E] we barely made it [Am] up to survive.
[E] But when we [G#] got up on [F#] stage, we got barely to play, [A] people paid us to play.
[D#m] [C#m]
Rocking the band, [A] everybody played, [C#m] and kept playing, said,
[A] Can't this look [E] better than [F#] music?
[G#]
[A] Play, [B] [E] play, play, yeah, yeah, [G#] yeah.
[E] In [G#] the streets [A] of Hialas, [E] we were getting pretty [Am] good at the [G] game.
[E] People [G] screaming [A] loud, they didn't seem to mind.
[E] You know, everybody knew [A] our [D] name.
[E] Living on [A] rock and roll music, [E] never worried about the things [A] we were missing.
[G#m] When we got up on [F#] stage, we got barely to [D#m] play, [A] everybody played, [E] said.
[C#m]
Rocking the band, [A] everybody [B] played, [C#m] and kept playing, [A] said,
Can't this look [B] better [E] than
[F#] music?
[Cm] [A] Play, [B] [E] play, play, yeah, [F#] yeah, yeah.
[B]
[F#]
[F#m]
[B] [A]
[B] [A]
[E] Playing for a regular time, making it through the stage [A] one night.
[E] Smoking fifty [A] cards over a town of nine [E] cars, except for something that stands [A] out aside.
[D#] [Em] [G#]
[A] [E]
[A] Expectations, [E] I hear you on the [F#] party line, you're gonna be [A] a sensation.
[B] [C#m] I hear you talking all [A] around,
[C#m] getting crazy, [A] that's just so [E] plain in there.
[F#] But music, [G#] [A] play, [B] [E] play, play,
[F#] [G#] yeah, [A] yeah.
[B] [G] [A]
[E] [C]
[E]
[Am] [Em]
[D] [A]
[E]
[A]
[E] [B]
[Em] [B]
I'm [A]
[B]
[E] just another man out [A] of Boston, [E] on the road to [G#] try to [A] make ends meet.
[B] [E] Playing all the [A] bars, sleeping in our [G#m] cars, when we practiced right out [Am] in the [C#] street.
[D] [G#m] Oh, we didn't [A] have much money,
[E] we barely made it [Am] up to survive.
[E] But when we [G#] got up on [F#] stage, we got barely to play, [A] people paid us to play.
[D#m] [C#m]
Rocking the band, [A] everybody played, [C#m] and kept playing, said,
[A] Can't this look [E] better than [F#] music?
[G#]
[A] Play, [B] [E] play, play, yeah, yeah, [G#] yeah.
[E] In [G#] the streets [A] of Hialas, [E] we were getting pretty [Am] good at the [G] game.
[E] People [G] screaming [A] loud, they didn't seem to mind.
[E] You know, everybody knew [A] our [D] name.
[E] Living on [A] rock and roll music, [E] never worried about the things [A] we were missing.
[G#m] When we got up on [F#] stage, we got barely to [D#m] play, [A] everybody played, [E] said.
[C#m]
Rocking the band, [A] everybody [B] played, [C#m] and kept playing, [A] said,
Can't this look [B] better [E] than
[F#] music?
[Cm] [A] Play, [B] [E] play, play, yeah, [F#] yeah, yeah.
[B]
[F#]
[F#m]
[B] [A]
[B] [A]
[E] Playing for a regular time, making it through the stage [A] one night.
[E] Smoking fifty [A] cards over a town of nine [E] cars, except for something that stands [A] out aside.
[D#] [Em] [G#]
[A] [E]
[A] Expectations, [E] I hear you on the [F#] party line, you're gonna be [A] a sensation.
[B] [C#m] I hear you talking all [A] around,
[C#m] getting crazy, [A] that's just so [E] plain in there.
[F#] But music, [G#] [A] play, [B] [E] play, play,
[F#] [G#] yeah, [A] yeah.
[B] [G] [A]
[E] [C]
[E]
[Am] [Em]
[D] [A]
[E]
[A]
Key:
A
E
B
F#
G#
A
E
B
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ I'm [A] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] just another man out [A] of Boston, [E] on the road to [G#] try to [A] make ends meet. _
[B] _ [E] Playing all the [A] bars, sleeping in our [G#m] cars, when we practiced right out [Am] in the [C#] street.
[D] _ [G#m] Oh, we didn't [A] have much money, _
[E] we barely made it [Am] up to survive.
_ [E] But when we [G#] got up on [F#] stage, we got barely to play, [A] people paid us to play.
_ _ [D#m] _ [C#m] _ _
_ Rocking the band, [A] everybody _ played, [C#m] and kept playing, said,
[A] Can't this look [E] better _ than [F#] _ music?
[G#] _
[A] Play, [B] _ [E] play, play, yeah, yeah, [G#] yeah. _ _
[E] _ In [G#] the streets [A] of Hialas, [E] we were getting pretty [Am] good at the _ [G] game.
[E] People [G] screaming [A] loud, they didn't seem to mind.
[E] You know, everybody knew [A] our [D] name.
_ [E] _ Living on [A] rock and roll music, [E] never worried about the things [A] we were missing.
[G#m] When we got up on [F#] stage, we got barely to [D#m] play, [A] everybody played, [E] said.
_ _ _ [C#m] _
Rocking the band, [A] everybody _ [B] played, [C#m] and kept playing, [A] said,
Can't this look [B] better [E] than _ _
[F#] _ music?
[Cm] _ [A] Play, [B] _ [E] play, play, yeah, _ _ _ _ [F#] yeah, yeah.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
[E] _ Playing for a regular time, _ _ making it through the stage [A] one night.
_ _ [E] Smoking fifty [A] cards over a town of nine [E] cars, except for something that stands [A] out aside.
_ [D#] _ [Em] _ _ [G#] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ Expectations, [E] I hear you on the [F#] party line, you're gonna be [A] a sensation. _
[B] _ [C#m] I hear you talking all [A] around, _ _ _
[C#m] getting crazy, [A] that's just so [E] plain in there.
[F#] But music, [G#] _ [A] play, [B] _ [E] play, play, _
[F#] _ _ [G#] yeah, [A] yeah. _
[B] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ I'm [A] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] just another man out [A] of Boston, [E] on the road to [G#] try to [A] make ends meet. _
[B] _ [E] Playing all the [A] bars, sleeping in our [G#m] cars, when we practiced right out [Am] in the [C#] street.
[D] _ [G#m] Oh, we didn't [A] have much money, _
[E] we barely made it [Am] up to survive.
_ [E] But when we [G#] got up on [F#] stage, we got barely to play, [A] people paid us to play.
_ _ [D#m] _ [C#m] _ _
_ Rocking the band, [A] everybody _ played, [C#m] and kept playing, said,
[A] Can't this look [E] better _ than [F#] _ music?
[G#] _
[A] Play, [B] _ [E] play, play, yeah, yeah, [G#] yeah. _ _
[E] _ In [G#] the streets [A] of Hialas, [E] we were getting pretty [Am] good at the _ [G] game.
[E] People [G] screaming [A] loud, they didn't seem to mind.
[E] You know, everybody knew [A] our [D] name.
_ [E] _ Living on [A] rock and roll music, [E] never worried about the things [A] we were missing.
[G#m] When we got up on [F#] stage, we got barely to [D#m] play, [A] everybody played, [E] said.
_ _ _ [C#m] _
Rocking the band, [A] everybody _ [B] played, [C#m] and kept playing, [A] said,
Can't this look [B] better [E] than _ _
[F#] _ music?
[Cm] _ [A] Play, [B] _ [E] play, play, yeah, _ _ _ _ [F#] yeah, yeah.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
[E] _ Playing for a regular time, _ _ making it through the stage [A] one night.
_ _ [E] Smoking fifty [A] cards over a town of nine [E] cars, except for something that stands [A] out aside.
_ [D#] _ [Em] _ _ [G#] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ Expectations, [E] I hear you on the [F#] party line, you're gonna be [A] a sensation. _
[B] _ [C#m] I hear you talking all [A] around, _ _ _
[C#m] getting crazy, [A] that's just so [E] plain in there.
[F#] But music, [G#] _ [A] play, [B] _ [E] play, play, _
[F#] _ _ [G#] yeah, [A] yeah. _
[B] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _